News and Notes: Friday Edition

Discussing Temple Athletics' budget crunch, the Bleacher Report writes, "Cornell eliminated Temple from the NCAA Tournament last season. Cornell spends a total of $3 million on football and basketball combined. Why can't Temple follow Cornell's lead?"

Fans interested in watching Louis Dale ('10) and his Goettingen (Germany) club square off against Besiktas (Turkey) and Allen Iverson in the EuroCup can tune in for a live broadcast on ESPN3.com at 12 pm ET on Monday.

Cornell RPI Watch: The RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. It does not consider the margin of victory, but only whether or not a team won and where the game was played (home/away/neutral court). The formula is 25% team winning percentage (WP), 50% opponents' average winning percentage (OWP), and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage (OOWP). (See: CollegeRPI.com for a further explanation of the formula.) The RPI may be the most influential factor in NCAA Tournament seeding. Cornell's RPI rank as of December 17 is No. 138 out of 347 total Division I teams. While neither the Ken Pomeroy or Jeff Sagarin rankings are used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, the KenPom.com site ranks Cornell No. 185 in the nation, while the USA Today Sagarin rankings have Cornell at No. 168. Both sites are predominantly used by fans and the media.

Game Recaps-Below are links to our game recaps from each of Cornell's games this season. Associated press recaps courtesy of Rivals.com/YahooSports.com are always available by clicking on Cornell's schedule/results on the right column of this blog.